Minifestival európskeho filmu

Already on May 12, 2025, the 19th year of the traveling mini -festival of the European Film 5x5 will be opened at the Cinemax Bory cinema in Bratislava, which will last until 14 May and bring five exceptional films to five Slovak cities - Bratislava, Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica, Košice, Prešov and Trenčín. All screenings are free. This year, the film 5x5 will bring to five Slovak cities a selection of the best of contemporary European cinematography. The program opens the brave criminal musical Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard, in which the tension of the Mexican underworld meets the unexpected premise of personal transformation. From the environment of the Czechoslovak Radio 80s comes a spy thriller wave by Jiří Málla - the story of a young journalist fighting for the truth at a time of growing censorship. The dramatic film Girl with a needle takes us to Copenhagen after the First World War, where a young woman struggles with poverty and moral dilemma in the dark world of illegal adoption. The film Julie is silent sensitively discusses the theme of silence and responsibility in the environment of professional sport when the young tennis player faces an unpleasant truth about her coach. Finally, Parthenope Paola Sorrentina offers a visually intoxicating portrait of women and Naples - a city that will also break. Five films, five powerful stories, five reasons to come to the cinema - free and with a desire to discover the European film.